Major League Baseball has expanded its broadcast rights agreement with Fox Sports and added streaming service DAZN as a new media partner in the U.S.
Fox still had three seasons left of an eight-year deal that was worth $525 million annually, but renewed the contract for more than $5 billion over the following seven seasons through 2028, Bloomberg reported. That equates to an average annual increase of 36 percent ($714 million per year). Fox Sports retains exclusive rights to the All-Star Game, World Series, and 52 regular season broadcast windows. More playoff and regular season games will air on network Fox rather than cable Fox Sports 1 beginning in 2022.